South Cambridgeshire District Council | |
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Type | |
Type | Unicameral |
Leadership | |
Leader of the Council | Ray Manning (C) |
Members | 57 |
Conservatives |
32 / 57
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Liberal Democrats |
18 / 57
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Independent |
6 / 57
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Labour |
1 / 57
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Elections | |
Voting system | First past the post |
Last election | 5 May 2011 |
Meeting place | |
South Cambridgeshire Hall, Cambourne | |
Website | |
www.scambs.gov.uk |
South Cambridgeshire District Council is the local authority for the district of South Cambridgeshire in Cambridgeshire, England. Based in Cambourne, it forms the lower part of the two tier system of local government in the district, below Cambridgeshire County Council. The district council provides services such as waste collection and recycling, local planning and housing services, environmental health services and council tax collection.[1] The district was formed in 1973 under the Local Government Act 1972 and took over powers from the former Chesterton Rural District and South Cambridgeshire Rural District on 1 April 1974.
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The council consists of 57 councillors, representing 34 electoral wards. The Conservative Party currently has a majority on the council, having gained control in the 2007 local elections. Prior to this, no party had overall control of the council, although independents formed the majority of the council from its formation in 1973 until 1992. Councillors are elected to four year terms, and elections for a third of all councillors take place in three years out of a four year cycle, with one year without an election.
Party | Councillors | Change (from 2010) |
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Conservative | 32 | +3 | |
Liberal Democrat | 18 | −2 | |
Independent | 6 | −1 | |
Labour | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 57 |
The following table shows the political composition of the district council since its formation in 1973.[3] A shaded background indicates that the political party or grouping held a majority of councillors for that year.
Year | Conservative | Labour | Lib Dem[4] | Liberal | Socialist | UKIP | Independent | Vacant | Total |
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1973 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 53 |
1974 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 53 |
1975 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 53 |
1976 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 55 |
1977 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 55 |
1978 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 55 |
1979 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 55 |
1980 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 55 |
1981 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 55 |
1982 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 55 |
1983 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 55 |
1984 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 55 |
1985 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 55 |
1986 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 55 |
1987 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 55 |
1988 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 55 |
1989 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 55 |
1990 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 55 |
1991 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 55 |
1992 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 55 |
1993 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 55 |
1994 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 55 |
1995 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 55 |
1996 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 55 |
1997 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 55 |
1998 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 55 |
1999 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 55 |
2000 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 55 |
2001 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 55 |
2002 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 55 |
2003 | 23 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 55 |
2004 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 57 |
2005 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 57 |
2006 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 57 |
2007 | 29 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 57 |
2008 | 32 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 57 |
2009 | 31 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 57 |
2010 | 29 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 57 |
2011 | 32 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 57 |
Office | Name[5] | Party | |
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Leader of the Council | Ray Manning | Conservative | |
Deputy Leader Finance and Staffing Portfolio Holder |
Simon Edwards | Conservative | |
Economic Development Portfolio Holder | Nick Wright | Conservative | |
Environmental Services Portfolio Holder | Sue Ellington | Conservative | |
Housing Portfolio Holder | Mark Howell | Conservative | |
Northstowe and New Communities Portfolio Holder | Tim Wotherspoon | Conservative | |
Policy and Performance Portfolio Holder | Tom Bygott | Conservative | |
Sustainability, Planning and Climate Change Portfolio Holder | Peter Topping | Conservative |
Ward | Parishes[6] | Councillor[7] | Party | |
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Balsham | Balsham, Carlton, Castle Camps, Horseheath, Shudy Camps, West Wickham, West Wratting, Western Colville |
Richard Barrett | Conservative | |
Pauline Jarvis | Liberal Democrat | |||
Bar Hill | Bar Hill, Boxworth, Dry Drayton, Lolworth | Roger Hall | Conservative | |
Bunty Waters | Conservative | |||
Barton | Barton, Coton, Grantchester, Madingley | Francis Burkitt | Conservative | |
Bassingbourn | Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth, Litlington, Shingay-cum-Wendy, Whaddon |
Nigel Cathcart | Labour | |
David McCraith | Conservative | |||
Bourn | Bourn, Cambourne, Caxton, Croxton & Eltisley |
Alison Elcox | Conservative | |
Clayton Hudson | Conservative | |||
Mervyn Loynes | Conservative | |||
Caldecote | Caldecote, Childerley, Kingston, Toft | Dr Tumi Hawkins | Liberal Democrat | |
Comberton | Comberton | Dr Stephen Harangozo | Liberal Democrat | |
Cottenham | Cottenham, Oakington, Rampton and Westwick |
Simon Edwards | Conservative | |
Lynda Harford | Liberal Democrat | |||
Tim Wotherspoon | Conservative | |||
Duxford | Duxford, Ickleton | Mick Martin | Conservative | |
Fowlmere & Foxton | Fowlmere, Foxton | Deborah Roberts | Independent | |
Fulbourn | Fulbourn | Neil Scarr | Independent | |
John Williams | Liberal Democrat | |||
Gamlingay | Arrington, Croydon, Gamlingay, Hatley, Little Gransden, Longstowe |
Sebastian Kindersley | Liberal Democrat | |
Bridget Smith | Liberal Democrat | |||
Girton | Girton | Tom Bygott | Conservative | |
Dr Douglas de Lacey | Independent | |||
Hardwick | Hardwick | Jim Stewart | Liberal Democrat | |
Harston & Hauxton | Harston, Hauxton | Janet Lockwood | Liberal Democrat | |
Haslingfield & The Eversdens | Great Eversden, Harlton, Haslingfield, Little Eversden |
Liz Heazell | Liberal Democrat | |
Histon & Impington | Histon, Impington, Orchard Park | Jonathan Chatfield | Liberal Democrat | |
Mike Mason | Independent | |||
Edd Stonham | Liberal Democrat | |||
Linton | Bartlow, Hildersham, Linton | John Batchelor | Liberal Democrat | |
Trisha Bear | Liberal Democrat | |||
Longstanton | Longstanton | Alex Riley | Conservative | |
Melbourn | Great Chishill, Little Chishill, Heydon, Melbourn |
Val Barrett | Conservative | |
Jose Hales | Liberal Democrat | |||
Meldreth | Meldreth, Shepreth | Dr Surinder Soond | Liberal Democrat | |
Milton | Milton | Mark Hersom | Liberal Democrat | |
Hazel Smith | Liberal Democrat | |||
Orwell & Barrington | Barrington, Orwell, Wimpole | Ted Ridgway Watt | Conservative | |
Papworth & Elsworth | Conington, Elsworth, Fen Drayton, Graveley, Knapwell, Papworth Everard, Papworth St Agnes |
Mark Howell | Conservative | |
Nick Wright | Conservative | |||
Sawston | Sawston | Dr David Bard | Conservative | |
Sally Hatton | Independent | |||
Raymond Matthews | Conservative | |||
Swavesey | Swavesey | Sue Ellington | Conservative | |
Teversham | Teversham | Caroline Hunt | Conservative | |
The Abingtons | Babraham, Great Abington, Hinxton, Little Abington, Pampisford |
Tony Orgee | Conservative | |
The Mordens | Abington Pigotts, Guilden Morden, Steeple Morden, Tadlow |
Cicely Murfitt | Independent | |
The Shelfords & Stapleford | Great Shelford, Little Shelford, Newton, Stapleford |
Charles Nightingale | Conservative | |
Ben Shelton | Conservative | |||
David Whiteman-Downes | Conservative | |||
The Wilbrahams | Fen Ditton, Great Wilbraham, Stow-cum-Quy, Horningsea, Little Wilbraham & Six Mile Bottom |
Robert Turner | Conservative | |
Waterbeach | Landbeach, Waterbeach (including Chittering) |
James Hockney | Conservative | |
Peter Johnson | Conservative | |||
Whittlesford | Thriplow (including Heathfield), Whittlesford |
Peter Topping | Conservative | |
Willingham & Over | Over, Willingham | Brian Burling | Conservative | |
Pippa Corney | Conservative | |||
Ray Manning | Conservative |